Home / News / Malta Book Festival opens today: Terramaxka Prize 2017 Back to News Malta Book Festival opens today: Terramaxka Prize 2017 National Book Prize • News 7th November, 2017 The Malta Book Festival had its official opening today at 7:30 pm with the prize-giving ceremony for the Terramaxka Prize 2017, led by Joe Dimech. The ceremony took place at Sir Temi Zammit Hall, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, presided by the executive chairman of the National Book Council, Mark Camilleri. Camilleri delivered his opening speech, in which he addressed the issue of the local decline in bookshops, which has had the unfortunate result of forcing some bookshops to transform into virtual stationeries. In his speech, the NBC chairman pointed out a more desirable alternative – the transformation of bookshops into cultural centres, where people come to browse books, read, and meet authors at book launches and other occassions, besides buying books. For this reason, the Book Festival is fulfilling an important role in setting an example for the bookshops to emulate. The event followed with a reading from Mingu, the winning entry in the category of books for children aged 0 -7 of the Terramaxka Prize 2016. The winners were then announced in order of categories, starting from the youngest age gap, 0-7, up to the eldest, 13 -16. The winners are listed hereunder: Category: original works (0-7) Clare Azzopardi with Il-Qtates ta’ max-Xatt (Merlin Publishers) Noel Tanti with Fil-kamra ta’ Jonas (Merlin Publishers) Category: original works (8-12) John A Bonello with Irvin Vella investigatur virtwali: Il-każ tas-serqiet strambi (Merlin Publishers) Category: original works (13-16) Antoinette Borg with Fittixni (Merlin Publishers) Category: translated works (0-7) Leanne Ellul with Inħobbok (Merlin Publishers) Category: translated works (8-12) Leanne Ellul and Clare Azzopardi with Teresa Category: prize for the best book production Merlin Publishers with Il-Qtates ta’ max-Xatt by Clare Azzopardi. SHARE POST Related Articles Open Call for Installation Proposals: Centrepiece of the From Illustration to Book Exhibition at the Malta Book Festival 2025 News 26th May, 2025 Read More Know Your Rights! Literary Agent Simon Trewin offers free Zoom session to stakeholders News 26th May, 2025 Read More CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: POSITION OF DIRECTOR (EXECUTIVE) WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL News 16th May, 2025 Read More The Malta Book Festival 2025 Will Be Writing Anew! News 14th May, 2025 Read More The 2025 Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest is Now Open for Entries News 12th May, 2025 Read More Call for Short Stories About Valletta for Comma Press’ Reading the City Series News 28th April, 2025 Read More Have Your Say: The National Book Council 2025-2030 Strategy Up for Public Consultation News 28th April, 2025 Read More Exhibitors — apply now to participate at the 2025 Malta Book Festival! News 15th April, 2025 Read More The 41st PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 9th April, 2025 Read More National Book Prize and Terramaxka 2025 longlist published National Book Prize 2nd April, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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